Jun 17, 2008

Dr John Live at the Hollywood Bowl

The 30th Annual Playboy Jazz Festival opened last night and legendary New Orleans singer, Dr John was a hit at the Hollywood Bowl. On the road promoting his excellent new cd, City That Care Forget, the doc was the one guy who mixed a party atmosphere with the serious.

Richard Ginell reports: The good Doctor is still fuming about the treatment that his beloved hometown of New Orleans continues to receive from the Bush administration in the wake of Hurricane Katrina; he has channeled his sorrow into an EP, "Sippiana Herricane," and his rage into a new CD, "City That Care Forgot." He rolled out some of the new songs in his early evening set -- "Dream Warrior"  being one of the best -- namechecking Dick Cheney and Hallliburton along the way, mentioning Billie Holiday and her song "Strange Fruit."